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Our Aperture Master Collection Tips, Tricks and Tutorials is Now Available

Our Aperture Master Collection Tips, Tricks and Tutorials is Now Available

Aperture 3 is the most powerful photographic tool that’s ever existed. Each of our Aperture 3 Tips, Tricks and Tutorials eBooks provide a ton of must-know techniques for using Aperture, packed with more than 100 techniques for mastering Aperture into each  eBook. We now also offer the Aperture Master Collection eBook, a combination of all three ... read more

August 31, 2010 in News by David Schloss 1 comment

Creating an iPad-Ready Auto-iTunes-Syncing iBook in Aperture

Creating an iPad-Ready Auto-iTunes-Syncing iBook in Aperture

Thanks to the integration of the Mac ecosystem it’s possible with Aperture to create a custom portfolio book that you can sync to your iPad and launch from Apple’s iBooks application. This can be an incredible way to showcase your photography flip book-style using a layout you can totally control with the precision of a ... read more

August 23, 2010 in Share by David Schloss 13 comments

Massive AppleScript Support in Aperture

Massive AppleScript Support in Aperture

Aperture includes some of the most robust AppleScript support of any program in the Apple ecosystem. For script developers the program is a veritable playground but beginning scripters can find some nice surprises in Aperture too, thanks to the AppleScript dictionary. An AppleScript dictionary is the list of commands that AppleScript can access when a script ... read more

August 5, 2010 in Workflow by David Schloss 4 comments

Share Libraries Between Aperture Users (And Use Dropbox to Simplify)

Share Libraries Between Aperture Users (And Use Dropbox to Simplify)

Aperture 3’s great new Library syncing tools enable workers to quickly collaborate on projects by allowing for any collection of images to be exported as Library, which can then be used as a brand-new Aperture Library or can be imported and merged into an existing Library. Let’s look at an example of how this can be ... read more

July 30, 2010 in Workflow by David Schloss 7 comments

presetpond.com: A Place to Share User-Generated Presets for Aperture 3 and Lightroom

presetpond.com: A Place to Share User-Generated Presets for Aperture 3 and Lightroom

I found a nicely designed site where you can upload your favorite presets and download other user-generated presets for both Aperture 3 and Lightroom. As a self-avowed preset junky, there can’t be too many of these sites pop up. The more the merrier! Check it out here.read more

July 11, 2010 in Adjust by Thomas Boyd 1 comment

Aperture Workflow Basics with Micah Walter

Aperture Workflow Basics with Micah Walter

We have just finished uploading our latest Aperture Workflow video. This hour and half long video with MacCreate contributor Micah Walter goes over in detail how to set up Aperture, customize your views, add metadata presets and more. Micah also explains how uses Aperture 3’s new Flag feature to help him quickly edit down a ... read more

June 15, 2010 in Workflow by Micah Walter 1 comment

Aperture 3 iBook on iTunes!

Aperture 3 iBook on iTunes!

Mac Create’s publishing division has just released our first iBook on Apple’s online store. You can now get our Aperture 3, Tips, Tricks and Tutorials Volume 1 book on the iBook store for the iPad and upcoming on the iPhone. We’re thrilled to be on the iBook store as the first Aperture 3 related book, ... read more

June 11, 2010 in News by David Schloss 4 comments

Apple To Reveal Magic Trackpad At WWDC2010?

Apple To Reveal Magic Trackpad At WWDC2010?

There are plenty of rumors flying around regarding the product announcements that Apple will be revealing at the WWDC today, most notably the iPhone 4G, iPhone 4.0, free MobileMe, possibly Safari 5, new Mac Mini, new Mac Pro, $99 Apple TV, Air update, and now last but not least the Magic Trackpad. So ... read more

June 7, 2010 in News by Joanne Carter 3 comments

Aperture Masters Video from Geographic’s Jim Richardson Available

Aperture Masters Video from Geographic’s Jim Richardson Available

Jim Richardson has been shooting for National Geographic for the last 25 years and has been traveling to Scotland for the last 15. His work has been published in National Geographic Magazine, Traveler and many others world-wide. Our Aperture Workflow Masters video with Jim Richardson is now available on our online store, and it’s a ... read more

June 1, 2010 in News by David Schloss 2 comments

Ratings, Labels, Flags, and More

Ratings, Labels, Flags, and More

Aperture 3 certainly has added a number of organizational tools that can make sorting your images much more easy. In A3 Apple has added the ability to assign color labels and flags to images in addition to the pre-existing star rating. This is really good stuff to have at your disposal, but now that we have ... read more

May 31, 2010 in Organize, Workflow by Micah Walter 4 comments